Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across in...
Read in-depth analysis on the key trends shaping demand across industries, consumers and national markets, with insight and market statistics that offer global strategic coverage.
Asian Pacific economies were hard hit by COVID-19, leading to setback in construction activities in the first half of 2020. Robust Chinese recovery, however, boosted construction output in the second half of the year. Heavy infrastructure…
Latin American economies were hard hit by COVID-19, with a sharp decline in construction activities in 2020. While public infrastructure investment is set to facilitate the industry’s recovery over the medium term, prevailing uncertainties, soaring…
Companies face numerous challenges in 2023 after recent record-breaking sales. They include weakened demand, high interest rates on debts, and tighter consumer credit conditions. Elevated inventory levels are also of concern.
Sales of consumer appliances are projected to recover in 2021, after consumer sentiment was badly affected by the pandemic. In 2021, sales of both major and small appliances are expected to exceed those in 2019.
The global urban consumer landscape is increasingly complex and difficult to navigate. Which cities should you choose for your consumer business expansion? To answer this and other questions, we are introducing the Euromonitor International Cities…
As sales in consumer appliances and electronics moderate, brands must differentiate by delivering on key trends in the highly consolidated industries. Sustainability and connectivity remain key areas of investment, and wellness has emerged as a key…
Sales of consumer electronics were negatively impacted as consumers cut down on discretionary purchases as prices of electronics products escalated despite the economic uncertainties.
Consumers have reduced their discretionary purchases, owing to economic uncertainties and high inflation. Early projections by manufacturers proved to be overly optimistic, as sales of consumer electronics have declined further.
Sales of consumer electronics are projected to undergo a V-shaped recovery, following a 5% decline in value terms in 2020. As consumers become accustomed to the new normal, sales are forecast to return to growth in 2021.
Sales of consumer electronics are projected to turn positive in 2021 after consumers’ sentiment was badly affected by the pandemic. However, a full recovery is only expected in 2022 as sales exceed pre-pandemic levels.
Sales of consumer electronics are projected to make a full recovery in 2022 as they exceed the pre-pandemic level. As the world moves into the new normal, restored consumer confidence in income stability, rising vaccination levels across markets, and…
This report examines how the future of globalisation, the future of work and education and future priorities and preferences have changed for the consumer finance industry. Innovation in payments are driving greater merchant acceptance and consumer…
Consumer foodservice sales returned to positive growth in Asia Pacific in 2023, following the decline caused by the resurgence of COVID-19 in China in 2022. While Starbucks continues to grow in China, it is facing competition from local coffee shop…
Given the difficulties it has been facing in recent years, consumer foodservice managed to turn in a surprisingly good performance in 2023. Sales are admittedly still recovering from their pandemic lows, but to keep moving forward in the wake of the…
At the end of the review period, consumer foodservice in Middle East and Africa was continuing to recover from the major dip in sales seen in 2020, when COVID-19 first hit the region. This was being made more difficult by high inflation, which has…
After a strong recovery in 2021 and 2022 from the pandemic-induced steep decline seen in 2020, growth in the Western European consumer foodservice industry slowed in 2023, with both businesses and consumers being impacted by the persistently high…
After seeing a weakening in its growth rate in 2020, when the pandemic first hit the region, consumer health in Asia Pacific has since been recording strong growth. Further sales increases are expected over the forecast period, driven by factors such…
Emerging from the pandemic, Latin America moved into a period of high inflation, with both factors hitting consumer health sales in 2022. The large Brazilian market was facing new health challenges in the form of arboviruses, especially dengue, in…
Although cost-of-living crises have been putting pressure on consumers’ purchasing power in a number of countries in Middle East and Africa, they can also provide momentum for consumer health sales. Some consumers, unable to afford visits to a…
While coughs, colds and the flu were less prevalent during the home seclusion of 2020, negatively impacting sales of cough and cold remedies in this year, they returned in full in the 2022/2023 winter season, with society fully reopened, boosting…
Expectations for the global consumer health industry have improved slightly for Q2 2021. Improved macroeconomic forecasts due to widening vaccination rates in markets such as the US will benefit consumer health, especially as consumers emerge from…
In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…
In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with rising income inequality being among the key ones. Nevertheless, addressing the income inequality through catering to the Bottom of the Pyramid and the Middle Class…
As we move into a more atomised world of diverging lifestyle patterns, fragmenting use occasions and blurring categories, consumers are increasingly primed to focus on the desired outcome or intention of their consumption, with nuance and…
The consumer packaging value chain is challenged by raw material prices and high operating costs. Brands can employ pack innovation strategies, to reduce the impact of price rises and preserve consumer affordability, ranging from adopting…
In a world that now seems more about disruption than stability, it is always better to be the disruptor than the disrupted - and that means pushing horizons outwards. Strategy needs to be built as part of a wider consumer system rather than at…
Global consumer expenditure will rebound in 2021 following the downturn in 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Spending on hotels and catering is forecast to have the fastest real growth. This report will provide key insights…
The consumer landscape of 2022 will be characterised by a strong rebound in consumer expenditure on hotels and catering, transport, and leisure and recreation, as pent-up demand is released. On the whole, global consumer expenditure is set to grow by…
The impact of the political, economic, social and climate insecurity is being felt by all. Despite the disruption of COVID-19, the global population keeps growing, surpassing the threshold of eight billion in 2023. The constitution of families and…
After China scrapped its zero-COVID policy at the end of 2022, retail sales declined in this country in both volume and real value terms in 2023. As consumers’ lives returned to normal, this resulted in a shift from cooking at home to eating out at…
Following the major spike in demand seen in 2020, when the COVID-19 restrictions meant more cooking and eating at home, sales in real value terms have continued to increase, albeit at a slower rate. This is in spite of the inflationary environment…
Preparing and eating more meals at home meant that cooking ingredients and meals saw a spike in demand when the pandemic hit Middle East and Africa in 2020. However, in recent years, including 2023, volume sales have been struggling in the face of…
After the pandemic resulted in a spike in demand for retail sales of cooking ingredients and meals in Western Europe in 2020, the volume performance was hit by high inflation in 2022 and 2023. This has been favouring growing shares for discounters…
This half-year review of Euromonitor International’s Cooking Ingredients and Meals data provides analysis of the biannual update to Euromonitor’s Forecast Model (FM), alongside the quarterly update to the Macro Model, offering insight into the most…
Inflationary pressure, supply chain issues and the cost of living crisis have put pressure on retail prices, making it challenging for companies to cover costs and retain consumer loyalty.
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has shown the vulnerability of the current supply chain model and had an extensive impact on the manufacturing industry’s global supply and transportation networks. Global supply chains are forecast to become more…
The lines between away-from-home and at-home consumption continue to blur, as eating occasions shift to the home, yet meal options widen from both retail and foodservice. On-the-go lifestyles switch to sedentary, but small pack sizes and impulse…
Global tech companies face a supply chain crisis and the only way for them to be competitive is to innovate and change their business model. This report sets out to examine the strategies employed by top players, as well as new players on how they…
The largest international financial card networks have successfully maintained a leading position in consumer payments through innovation and extensive merchant acceptance. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the existing shift of consumer payments…
Coty’s sales had a 10% upturn in 2021 after continuously declining during 2018-2020. New leadership’s turnaround strategies, including streamlining the portfolio, developing skin care, and expanding luxury colour cosmetics, already achieved initial…
Beverage cans have gained even greater significance for Crown following the sale of its European tinplate business. Crown is a leading metal packaging manufacturer with production facilities around the world, although North America is its leading…
Cell-cultured meat’s journey towards our plates took a leap forward at the end of 2020, when Singapore became the first country worldwide to allow its sale. The likelihood of further markets joining suit has intensified since then, as has the…
The report will explore the key themes transforming consumer behaviour in Asia Pacific in the world beyond the pandemic, namely Digital Living, Rethink Wellness, Sustainable Living, Make My Life Easier and Search for Experiences, and the strategies…
Customer loyalty ecosystems are quickly becoming a popular format for loyalty programmes. Ecosystems either connect the loyalty programmes of brands within one company or the loyalty programmes of separate companies. Ecosystems offer multiple…
After the pandemic resulted in declining sales in China in both 2020 and 2022, the macroeconomic challenges this country was experiencing meant sales continued falling in 2023. With China being the region’s biggest market, this was impacting the…
In spite of rising costs and prices in recent years, sales of dairy products and alternatives have continued to grow in real value terms in Latin America. The essential nature of products like cheese has helped maintain demand for them, while sales…
There is an intriguing dichotomy at play in dairy products and alternatives in Middle East and Africa, with value for money particularly important for many consumers given the current inflationary environment. At the same time, particularly among…
Sales were in decline in a number of countries in Western Europe in 2023 as manufacturers, retailers and consumers continued to be confronted with high inflation rates in this year. This was seeing many consumers switch to private label lines or shop…
This half-year review of Euromonitor International’s Dairy Products and Alternatives data provides analysis of the biannual update to Euromonitor’s Forecast Model (FM), alongside the quarterly update to the Macro Model, offering insights into the…
This half-year review of Euromonitor International’s Dairy Products and Alternatives data provides analysis of the biannual update to Euromonitor’s Forecast Model (FM), alongside the quarterly update to the Macro Model, offering insight into the most…